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# Crossroads School publications win top national honors at Columbia convention
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/060205-story-20050602-2/
- Published: 2005-06-02T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:13:17.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Crossroads students are receiving attention from across the nation. Two upper school publications and several students from Crossroads School in Santa Monica received top honors for scholastic publications in the 2003-2004 academic year at the 81st Annual Scholastic Convention at Columbia University in New York City. The school’s student newspaper, Crossfire, received the Gold Crown Award, the highest honor the Columbia Scholastic Press Association bestows. Publications are judged on writing and editing, design, content, concept, photography, art, and graphics. In addition, Crossroads literary magazine, Dark as Day, received the Silver Crown Award.

In addition, Crossroads student writers, editors, photographers, and designers received Gold Circle awards and certificates, which are given to individual students in both verbal and visual categories.

Crossroads School is considered one of the leading college preparatory schools in the nation, with a notable arts program, according to school officials. Crossroads School was founded upon five basic commitments: academic excellence, arts, the greater community, development of a student population of social, economic, and racial diversity, and the development of each student’s physical well-being and full human potential.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 2, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/060205.pdf?ref=smdp.com)